Editing Italy (section)

=== Energy ===
{{Main|Energy in Italy}}
{{Further|Renewable energy in Italy|Electricity sector in Italy}}
[[File:Pannelli solari Unicoop Tirreno.JPG|thumb|Solar panels in [[Piombino]], Tuscany. Italy is one of the world's largest producers of renewable energy.<ref name="legambiente2015">{{Cite web|date=18 May 2015|title=Il rapporto Comuni Rinnovabili 2015|url=http://www.comunirinnovabili.it/il-rapporto-comuni-rinnovabili-2015|access-date=13 March 2016|website=Comuni Rinnovabili|publisher=Legambiente|language=it|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314011841/http://www.comunirinnovabili.it/il-rapporto-comuni-rinnovabili-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

Italy has become one of the world's [[List of countries by electricity production from renewable sources|largest producers of renewable energy]], ranking as the second largest producer in the EU and the ninth in the world. [[Wind power in Italy|Wind power]], [[Hydroelectricity in Italy|hydroelectricity]], and [[Geothermal power in Italy|geothermal power]] are significant [[Electricity sector in Italy|sources of electricity in the country]]. [[Renewable energy in Italy|Renewable sources]] account for 28% of all electricity produced, with hydro alone reaching 13%, followed by solar at 6%, wind at 4%, bioenergy at 3.5%, and geothermal at 1.6%.<ref name="gse">{{Cite web|date=19 December 2013|title=Rapporto Statistico sugli Impianti a fonti rinnovabili|url=http://www.gse.it/it/Statistiche/RapportiStatistici/Pagine/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018022905/http://www.gse.it/it/Statistiche/RapportiStatistici/Pagine/default.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2017|access-date=11 February 2015|publisher=Gestore dei Servizi Energetici}}</ref> The rest of the national demand is supplied by fossil fuels (natural gas 38%, coal 13%, oil 8%) and imports.<ref name="gse"/> [[Eni]], operating in 79 countries, is one of the seven "[[Big Oil]]" companies, and one of the world's largest industrial companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Summary for Eni SpA|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=E|access-date=1 July 2020|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604184217/http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=e|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Solar power in Italy|Solar energy]] production alone accounted for 9% of electricity in 2014, making Italy the country with the highest contribution from solar energy in the world.<ref name="legambiente2015"/> The [[Montalto di Castro Photovoltaic Power Station]], completed in 2010, is the largest photovoltaic (PV) power station in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Italian Montalto di Castro and Rovigo PV plants|url=https://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-energy-system-of-the-month/the-italian-montalto-di-castro-and-rovigo-pv-plants.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012719/https://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-energy-system-of-the-month/the-italian-montalto-di-castro-and-rovigo-pv-plants.html|archive-date=9 May 2018|access-date=8 May 2018|website=solarserver.com}}</ref> Italy was the first country to exploit [[Geothermal power in Italy|geothermal energy]] to produce electricity.<ref>{{Cite web|year=2011|title=Inventario delle risorse geotermiche nazionali|url=http://unmig.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/unmig/geotermia/inventario/inventario.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722034736/http://unmig.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/unmig/geotermia/inventario/inventario.asp|archive-date=22 July 2011|access-date=14 September 2011|publisher=UNMIG}}</ref> [[Nuclear power in Italy]] was abandoned after [[1987 Italian referendums|1987 referendums]] (in the wake of the 1986 [[Chernobyl disaster]]), although Italy still imports nuclear energy from Italy-owned reactors in foreign territories.